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Teen dies after being hit by a semitrailer truck in Otter Tail County

The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating the crash.

By Mary Lynn Smith

April 14, 2017 at 2:17AM

A 16-year-old boy was killed Thursday morning in western Minnesota after a semitrailer truck crossed the center line and struck his vehicle. The unidentified teen was traveling east on Hwy. 210 about 6 a.m. when his car was hit in Vining, Minn., about 30 miles east of Fergus Falls.

The truck driver, Jason Rudolf Vadner, 34, of Wheaton, Minn., was going west on Hwy. 210. He suffered noncritical injuries.

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Mary Lynn Smith

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Mary Lynn Smith is a general assignment reporter for the Star Tribune. She previously covered St. Paul City Hall and Ramsey County. Before that, she worked in Duluth where she covered local and state government and business. She frequently has written about the outdoors.